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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-71257

bmc footprints Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Published Mar 19, 2026 · catalog updated Aug 6, 2026 · BMC Software, Inc. FootPrints

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CVE-2025-71257 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm BMC Software, Inc. FootPrints against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Medium6.9
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
44.58%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe bmc/footprints · vendor BMC Software, Inc. FootPrints

BMC FootPrints ITSM versions 20.20.02 through 20.24.01.001 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper enforcement of security filters on restricted REST API endpoints and servlets. Unauthenticated remote attackers can bypass access controls to invoke restricted functionality and gain unauthorized access to application data and modify system resources. The following hotfixes remediate the vulnerability: 20.20.02, 20.20.03.002, 20.21.01.001, 20.21.02.002, 20.22.01, 20.22.01.001, 20.23.01, 20.23.01.002, and 20.24.01. VulnCheck canary evidence. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

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  • cpe bmc/footprintsversion unspecified
  • vendor BMC Software, Inc. FootPrintsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-71257

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-71257 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm BMC Software, Inc. FootPrints against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function. EPSS 44.58%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 19, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    BMC FootPrints ITSM versions 20.20.02 through 20.24.01.001 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper enforcement of security filters on restricted REST API endpoints and servlets. Unauthenticated remote attackers can bypass access controls to invoke restricted functionality and gain unauthorized access to application data and modify system resources. The following hotfixes rem

  2. Apr 1, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Aug 6, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    BMC FootPrints ITSM versions 20.20.02 through 20.24.01.001 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper enforcement of security filters on restricted REST API endpoints and servlets. Unauthenticated remote attackers can bypass access controls to invoke restricted functionality and gain unauthorized access to application data and modify system resources. The following hotfixes rem

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-71257

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-71257

    30-day exploitation probability 44.6%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-71257

    BMC FootPrints ITSM versions 20.20.02 through 20.24.01.001 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper enforcement of security filters on restricted REST API endpoints and servlets. Unauthenticated remote attackers can bypass access controls to invoke restricte

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-71257

    BMC FootPrints ITSM versions 20.20.02 through 20.24.01.001 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper enforcement of security filters on restricted REST API endpoints and servlets. Unauthenticated remote attackers can bypass access controls to invoke restricte

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.